i have been using the comp for almost the entire afternoon! i shld be studying for my chem common test nxt week!!! bad pam!!! hahah. xP. i guess im just sick of burying myself in the books. yeah. so i've given myself some nice break frm those sickening books. xD
i hope u guys like my new blogskin. there're SO many nice ones now. hahah. hope i can stick to this skin for the next month. but i can play only one song! :( can someone help me?...
i read this article some years back and i found out really meaningful and enlightening.
The Hospital Room2 men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he cld see outside the window. The man on the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world wld be broadened n enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline cld be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room wld close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.
One warm afternoon, the man by the window described as parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he cld see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Then unexpectedly, a sinister thought entered his mind. Why shld the old man alone experience all the pleasures of seeing everything while he himself never got to see everything? It didnt seem fair. At first thought, the man felt ashamed. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He began to brood n he found himself unable to sleep. He shld be by that window - that thought, and only that thought now controlled his life.
Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the window groped for the button to call for help. Listening frm across the room he never moved, never pushed his own button which wld have brought the nurse running in. In less than 5 mins, the coughing and choking stopped, along with tat the sound of breathing. Now there was only silence - deathly silence.
The following morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take it away. As soon as it seemed appropiate, the other man asked if he cld be moved nxt to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and aft making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he wld have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out of the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what cld have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and cldnt even see the wall. She said," Perharps he just wanted to encourage you."
epliogue: .... you can interpret the story in any way you like. but one moral stands out: THERE IS TREMENDOUS HAPPINESS IN MAKING OTHERS HAPPY, DESPITE OUR OWN SITUATIONS. SHARED GRIEF IS HALF THE SORROW, BUT HAPPINESS WHEN SHARED, IS DOUBLED. if you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money cant buy.
i was really inspired by this article. hope u guys can draw some insprirations n encourgements from here. ((:
woah. i typed out the entire article!!! hahah. i better start studying my chem! hope to see my muskies soon. miss them SO much! (x
woots! i went to NUS last saturday for King Edward 7 hostel open house. the ppl there are so happening! yuup. so i have a goal n tat's to get myself a place in NUS n hopefully save enough money to stay at the hostel. Xp i will most prob study sociology. but i heard frm my a senior tat e course will be v tedious. =// it's altho i v much wan to do business, i think im not cut out for econs. saddd.
im loving daybreak to bits! heeZ. the kids there are getting cuter!!!!!! there's this P1 new boy called han wei n he looks like jay chou. hahah. v naughty but too cute for words. and another boy boy called ahem* forget the name. hahah. but he looks so innocent but v lazy too. jia yang really got a hard time teaching him. hahah. his specs always slid down his nose n i always got this urge to push his specs up but he always SIAM frm me. hmmphs! XD i will take more photos nxt week n show u all how cute they all are. but found out a sad story of one of the kids there. this boy is alrdy 13 years old but still in pri 6 cuz he got some mental development prob. he's only have the EQ n IQ of a p3. and he got many ops cuz of a heart condition and wont be able to live long. luckily it's heartening to see him so cheerful still. (:
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life's pretty tiring or exhausting may be a more appropiate word.
v-day was pretty fun! receive lots lots of pressies! heez. thanks to all for the little gifts! x) the atmosphere in school was great with all the love songs - love was in the air! so envious of a girl next class who received such a bigg bouquet of flowerss. hahah. at least i got a few flowers frm my class! xP but vday was really tiring too. we had preNAFTA test - 2.4km run. i knew i cldnt run well tat day cuz even aft 2 rounds i was feeling dizzy le. the sun was SOO scorching! naturally i was really struggling thru the 6 rounds. my chest felt so so tight plus my damn stitches made it so so torturing. but im really glad miny. was there beside me to run with me even thou she cld have ran on. thanks so so much! mr chin, a new PE teacher was so caring too! he kept asking me if i was oki and asked me to see a doctor, regarding my chest probs. really caring of him! yuupp. so i duno if i shud see a doctor abt it. hmms. and i think im allergic to heat or my skin is sensitive to heat cuz everytime i sweat or bathe warm water, my skin has red patches. scary right?? hahah. yeahh. so i think it's time i shld consult a doctor.
school's tiring cuz no matter how hard i study for my test, i jus cant seem to score well n still get sucky results. really so unfair! i really hope to get to NUS to make my family happy cuz my parents want me n my mei to join my kor there. haixx. but it's so stressful! :(
everybdy needs to hav their limits. i hope u have one. (:
angels in white! (x
pheww! i took so long to upload all this photos. im too lazy to elaborate wad happen for the past few weeks. heez. lazy me. anyways. i had a wonderful time yesterday. heez. i went to my cousin's hse for a nasi lemak party in the evening. first time having such a party. his entire hse was filled with all kinds of spongebob squarepants mechandise. balloons, cakes, party stuffs... yupp. had a good meal over there! later in the night, my family n relatives went over to esplanade to walk walk. we initially wanted to go to chingay de but too late le. ): my cuteest cousin super cute lar. keep making me laugh like hell. she's alrdy 37 kgs thou she's only P3. hahah. really chubbby but super cute. u know wad's her ambition?? CHEF! hahah. she's super addicted to food. in my pa's car, i secretly ask her if she's hungry. and she said no. when i asked if she wans to eat ice-cream, she said yes-yes immediatedly. her eyes sparkled! hahah. and my pa was oso delighted cuz he's one BIG kid too. hahah. so we went to haagen-daaz @ esplanade to hav ice-cream. heezz. we ordered lots of icecream n the one u dip the fruits n icecream into the melted chocolate. super nice! but a sad thing is tat my ah gong was there and he started to eat some too, much to my aunties' aghast. cos' he was not supposed to eat such sweet stuffs. v poor thing cuz my aunties even blocked the icecream n tried to take away his fork. n even said tat nxt time dun bring him out le. so bad right. but bo bian. haix.
aft tat, we even walked to river hongbao! my first time there. hahah. aft walking round, i was super tired and it was alrdy past midnight. but i really had a fun time with all my relatives n family. we'll be planning for my another cousin's 21st birthday! yays! (:
on the other hand, sch life hasnt been really good. duno why these few days everybody not in a good mood. and it makes me dread going to school now. x( cheer up everbdy! SMILES! (:
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2: my dearest & cuteeest cousin!
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